Yes, We’re Confident, but Who Knows Why
Robert Shiller Arthur M. Okun Professor of Economics Markets As housing, unemployment, the stock market, and the overall economy show signs of recovery, Professor Robert Shiller writes in the New York...
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Ravi Dhar George Rogers Clark Professor of Management and Marketing and Director of the Center for Customer Insights, Yale School of Management Marc Speichert Chief Marketing Officer, L'Oréal Alfredo...
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Tweet We all know the big success stories, because they’ve become household names: Google, Facebook, and Twitter. Behind those success stories were a series of investors—angels, seed funders, and...
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Tweet In the last half century, Western governments and NGOs have spent roughly $2.3 trillion on foreign aid. Despite this massive outlay, seemingly modest goals for improving the lives of the world's...
View ArticleWant to Fix Social Security? Use the Right Wrench
TweetOriginally published in the New York Times on June 9, 2013.Social Security is expected to run out of reserves by 2033—a mere 20 years from now. With the public apparently opposed both to tax...
View ArticleHow is the definition of a bank changing?
Tweet For most of the last century, a bank was a physical place: an imposing, neoclassical building with a solidity that was intended to convey the security of the bills and coins within. Customers...
View ArticleHow much has investment banking really changed?
Tweet This player is used for the Brightcove API and Drupal The New York Times declared "the end of an era" on September 21, 2008, when, in the midst of a financial crisis, venerable investment banks...
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Tweet This player is used for the Brightcove API and Drupal The first antitrust laws in the U.S. focused on monopolies. Armed with the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, the federal government went after...
View ArticleRobert Shiller on Why Owning a Home Isn’t Always a Virtue
TweetEncouraging homeownership has been considered a national goal at least since "Own Your Own Home Day" was introduced in 1920 by various business and civic groups as part of a National Thrift Week....
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